Pyrmont is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is in the central business district in the local government area of the City of Sydney. It is also part of the Darling Harbour region. It is Australia's most densely populated suburb. There is a contrast between the rich and the poor in Pyrmont and yet both live in the same area due to government housing. A lot of the population of Pyrmont is young working people. From the 2011 census the population is 11,618
About Pyrmont Pyrmont is located 2 km west of Sydney CBD. It is situated on Sydney Harbor and so many of the houses and establishments harbor bridge views. Pyrmont is bounded by the shoreline of Port Jackson in the north, Pirrama Road, Murray Street and Pyrmont Street in the east, Fig Street in the south and Wattle Street and Blackwattle Bay in the west (City of Sydney Community Profile, 2014). Pyrmont was once a key component of Sydney’s industrial docklands, and so as a result the physical environment
Ermington Summary When you get your first look at Ermington, you might think this Sydney suburb is expensive or at least not as affordable as you would expect. The central location is one of the reasons people think it’s not affordable to live here, so it comes as a surprise when they start exploring the neighborhoods and the local shops and eateries. One of the most impressive developments in Ermington is in the Riverwalk area where new homes and duplexes have been and are being built, making the
Urban consolidation refers to a diverse set of policies intended to make more efficient use of the existing urbanised areas instead of developing non-urbanised land, thus limiting urban sprawl. The recent publication of the Melbourne 2030 plan indicates that Melbourne is adopting an urban consolidated direction for further development. This has raised many debates over whether it is the right plan. There are two sides to this complex argument. People in favorite suggests that urban consolidation
MBTA, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, is Boston and Eastern Massachusetts’s major transportation service. The MBTA has played a central role in the development of Boston and surrounding cities and towns for more than a century; providing service from 175 cities and towns into Boston. On an average weekday over 1.2 million trips are made
Love it or Hate it, There’s No in Between New York City. The greatest city in the world, they say! Times Square brings out it’s glory at night. Neon lights flash and city cars rush by honking horns. The skyline at sunset is breathtaking. The water is gloomy. The skyscrapers are immensely tall that they just hover over you creating an enclosed feeling. Chinatown smells delicious. Broadway holds multitude of plays each day. Cultural events take place in the beautiful Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall
distance . If there are multiple TODs around the city, commuters can travel to and from TODs around the city via public transport with relative ease without having to change the mode of transport. This makes public transport more attractive since it could be even faster than using private automobiles, because railways can travel quickly without congestion as well as saving time to find a parking
Urban Morphology · As cities have grown in area and population in the 20th century, many geographers have tried to identify and to explain variations in spatial patterns. Spatial patterns, which show differences and similarities in land use and/or social groupings within a city, reflect how various urban areas have evolved economically and culturally in response to changing conditions over a period of time. While each city has its own distinctive pattern, studies of
You all live in a small town, so you know what it's like to be here! It's like a quaint community, a family you can spend your life with. They are way better for living and raising children. Also in the rural areas, you can look out your window and see nature, not a whole bunch of cars. There are so many reasons why a small town is better. Small towns are more snug and safe for people. Living in a small town is less troubling, because you know everyone and everyone knows you. People look out for
When you encounter a city such as Chicago, it is practically impossible to avoid CTA and Metra trains. From short store errands to long journeys home, the CTA is there as your personal downtown car. If you do not have enough money to put into owning a car or simply do not want to put up with trying to find parking in the congested city, the CTA is there for you. Where more people to use the CTA, the amount of gas polluting the earth would significantly decrease the pollution levels in Chicago. Since
Better Than Coffee? According to ABC News, Kyle Craig, “a musician, athlete and high-achieving student at Vanderbilt University, was the only one who saw the train coming.” In just one year, Kyle “lost his social confidence and became increasingly paranoid in an almost imperceptible downward spiral that deceived nearly everyone.” Then he stepped in front of a train to end his life at the age of 21. Kyle had become addicted to Adderall -- a drug legally prescribed for attention deficit disorder
population due to the movement of urban population to rural areas. Counter urbanisation creates major conflicts between new and established residents established residents are practically used to a close knit friendly community this soon fades as rural towns become larger, also new residents don’t want to get involved in community events as they would prefer to spend there time in the city. Also local economy is an issue as the new residents move in and spend most of their income in the city also due
According to various patterns of spatial organization and employment layout, spatial structure of urban (area can be divided into monocentric and polycentric city models (Ingram 1997; Bertaud 2003; Ding 2007). The monocentric city was the first formal model of urban spatial structure, conceptualized by Alonso 1964). The model showed that cities had a unique centre, often termed the Central Business District (CBD). The monocentric city has been the model most widely used to analyze the spatial organization
This town is centrally located in the borough of Queens and was one of the seven planned garden communities designed and developed in the 19th century by English builder Albon Platt Man and his son Alrick Hubbell Man. First calling this area The Kew and then naming it Kew Gardens after the infamous botanical gardens in London, England with the architecture buildings resembling England’s “neo-Tudor” style which can be seen in many sections of the neighborhood today. Location of this town is bordered
headed to see what the commotion is all about. ] Upon arrival at the mead hall, Grendel notices the door is much to small for him to enter through it easily. This does not make him happy because it happens everywhere he goes in the little human towns. So he squeezes his shoulders through the small opening and manages to ask the man at the nearest table what was going on. The man, being exhausted from his own celebrations, was to tired to even notice the beast standing over him. Monsters of Grendel's
Terror in Small-Town, USA Situated between the lush green rolling hills, is Small-Town, USA. It was election day, and looking forward to a visit to the ice cream shop, I accompanied my grandfather as he drove the ten-mile journey to town. Country life offered little excitement, but that day an air of uneasiness replaced the usual contentment one felt while passing aged buildings, their drabness contrasted sharply by a few colorful, modern improvements. Having spent the first ten years
Kurt Cobain The towns of Hoquiam and Aberdeen are located on the eastern edge of Grays Harbor in western Washington state. If you are a fan of the band Nirvana, you have probably heard of these names. If not, you are about to read how a town affected a person who in turn affected many people's lives. Kurt Cobain was the singer and guitarist for Nirvana. He was born in Hoquiam (population 9,000) and after six months of life moved to Aberdeen (pop. 16,500), an old lumber town at the eastern-most
How Two Midwestern Towns Respond to Immigration The phrase, "small Midwestern towns," often brings to mind an unfortunate stereotype in the minds of big-city urbanites: mundane, backward people in a socially unappealing and legally archaic setting. Small Midwestern towns, however, are not all the hovels of provincial intellect that they are so frequently made out to be. The idiosyncrasies each of them possesses are lost on those who have never taken more than a passing glance at them.
My Trip to Italy I stood in the town square of the small village. Like any other normal day, people were going about their day-to-day business. Old men sat on a wooden bench beneath a large tree and predicted this year’s crop. Women shared town gossip as they shopped for groceries, and children sucked on lollipops while they played along the cobblestone streets. However, unlike any other day, the whole crowd had stopped in unison and darted their eyes in my direction, their full attention on
Fear and Tension in The Whole Towns Sleeping and A Terribly Strange Bed The essay i have written is a comparison of two short stories. One written by Ray Bradbury in 1950's and titled "The Whole Towns Sleeping". The other was written by Wilkie Collins in 1856 and entitled "A Terribly Strange Bed". "The Whole Towns Sleeping" is about a middle-aged spinster called "Lavinia" 37, who goes to the cinema with her friends while a mysterious killer, is at large. She is fully convinced that the